I come back to this every so often. Fallon is a student of music and an emotive singer. Cool how he went from performing bruce covers to duets with bruce live in hyde park or on the latest gaslight album history books.
I absolutely love this cover. While Bruce's original, amazing version has more angry, raw emotion of someone living in the event, Fallon's version is sad, like someone looking back at life's regrets. You can see it written on his face, especially after the song raps and he realizes he's not alone in the studio.
To be honest I can't understand the negative comments, I thought this was a genius cover. I have to disagree also with all the 'no emotion' comments, he sounds like The Boss when he sings 'I'm on Fire'.
I agree with you I can't understand all the negative comments. Especially those that say he is showing no emotion. Are ya'll listening to something different than I am? Listen and watch closely and you'll hear a man singing a song that is personally important to him, a man who is singing to and for himself. I don't understand those that think a cover is supposed to be an exact recreation of the original, you want to hear the original then listen to the original. A cover is supposed to be an artist take on the original.
Is the purpose of covering a song to make it better than the original? No, it's a homage to the original artist. It should encompass the journey of the soul of the person who is singing it, in this sense, he rocked it.
Frank, you couldn't have said it better... Dancing in the Dark, although poppy and synth and fuckin awesome in it's own right, is so dark lyrically.. In a wounded with open hearts type of way.. That's why bruce is king.. Keep rockin fallon
To all of you attacking this interpretation of a great Springsteen song get a grip. This song is 40 some odd years old and when it first came out it was leaking with pure raw emotion but like a fine bourbon it has mellowed with time with the harshness and rough edges slowly smoothed over. If you don't like that explanation try this one this is Brian Fallon covering a Bruce Springsteen song and though Fallon is perhaps the greatest talent of this day and age he is not Springsteen and it would be ridiculous for him to try to do a note by note pitch perfect copy what would be the point, why not just punch up the original?
Brian's only covering the song, and he did it beautifully. He showed he's able to put his own spin on an already incredible song. Don't compare it to the original, because nothing will live up to it.
It's interesting to see the different reactions to this cover. Perhaps each version reflects how different individuals would react and/or cope with a loss of a friend/lover. Springsteen's version shows the torturous wailing and almost pleading liked tone side to it, while Fallon's version offers a soft mournful reaction of grief of nostalgia.
@goblins2k5 .I suggest you watch the live video of "No Surrender" by Bruce Springsteen and Brian Fallon if you think Fallon can't sing challenging notes, he kills it on that one. Fallon is a great singer.
Not many artists will cover other musicians stuff like he does. Brian Fallon's awesome. I love Bruce Springsteen too. Just appreciate a musician giving it a shot or move the fuck on. Get over it and listen to something else. This ain't his best cover but he's got way more of this kind of stuff than most other established musicians.
Brain as a great voice, he doesn't have the best voice. But he doesn't need to have the best voice because he sings with soul and heart unlike the majority of artists out today. This cover is exactly that, a cover filled with heart and soul, his voice isn't weak, it's just not Bruce.
I think you're giving him too much stick. This is probably my favourite Springsteen song (or Jungleland), and yes, he may not hit the high notes, but you can still he is putting a lot of passion into this performance.
Stixnstone49, your charming homophobia and wonderful vocabulary give you away as a sensitive soul and true patron of the arts. It's no wonder you love Brian Fallon so much.
listen to their new song "45". He took a new take on the song. In his acoustic versions he goes for softer and more deep emotions. On full band stuff he goes all out and looks to rock out but still keeps the amazing emotion. It's the mistakes in his voice that make him so great because he forgets the technical side of things in lue of pain and heartache and heart and soul. I'd rather have that than someone who can sing "Bel Canto".
@jjgrbic I dont see you on here covering bruce or see bruce inviting you to play with him during festivals. bruce doesnt rip apart his covers he respects brian so noone else really has the right to.
@patchmack2 i think alot of people like that about the way he performs.. its not the same old perfect song. People who listen can connect to it better when it sounds "amateur-ish".
@jjgrbic Fake accent? at least take the time to research before you make accusations, this is his accent. It's all been said alredy, he's paying homage in a pesonal way, it's a fucking excellent cover, deep and heart hitting. You should really look up the gaslight anthem, cause you will really like 'em given your a Bruce fan (I am too).
@jjgrbic Can you do better? I think not. What do you expect him to do? If he did the song too drastically differently, you'd complain about him ruining the song. This is an acoustic cover, with just one man (a great man at that) playing it- you can't expect a full orchestra composition.
did you seriously just try and compare the record and this? its a man and a guitar. did you expect the invisible band in the background to light up? because i know i did.
Just stop with all that negative comments. Everyone needs to get over that Brian isn't Bruce, and that it was a cover. If he done this song perfectly, all you would say "he's trying to hard to be bruce, he needs to make a name for himself." Here's food for all your small peanut heads. www.redbull.com/us/en/music/stories/1331626739632/the-gaslight-anthems-brian-fallon-comes-clean
Sounds more like his own band's style, though. Why cover a song to make it sound just like the original? It's his own take, and it sounds like it could be an outtake from his own band's album. What's wrong with that?
The only thing I don't like about this cover is the fact, that the guitar is very drony and doesn't quite fit with the vocals until he switches it up, then it gets really good for a bit, then goes back to the same thing. Other than that its a good vocal track, well done man.
Yepp, you guys out there criticising this, yoou're right. This is an embarrasssment to both Springsteen and Fallon. This is under-rehearsed and ill-advised. The chords are wrong, the tuning is his own affair, he can sing it in whatever key he wants or has to, but he could at least have tried to give this some form of expression and performance.
yeah put your own twist on it for sure but for the better not for the worst, this is poor. You wanna see good springsteen covers check out a dude on here called "agent of the free" - he knows how to do it.
I hardly ever comment, but this is atrocious! Is this guy a professional muso? Seems like an amateur working it out in his bedroom and not paying that much attention to the vocals while he figures out the strumming / playing etc.
You should comment even less, apparently. I'm sure you'd be dumbfounded to know that Springsteen is a fan of the very person in this video and has performed with him on various occasions.
It does, however, mean that he's a professional "muso" and not "an amateur working it out in his befroom and not paying that much attention to the vocals while he figures our the strumming/playing". He's a respected mus[ician] who has a distinct style that is respected by the person whom he is covering. You may not like it, and you are entitled to do so, Maurice, but that doesn't mean that this wasn't good either. Opinions are not formative of fact. Indeed, they are, by definition, subjective. And if we're going to take subjective opinions as instructive, I'm in the Bruce Springsteen camp instead of the "Maurice" and "Reizermo" camp.
He doesn't attempt to sing any challenging notes in the song. As someone who briefly studied Bel Canto singing, I have a feeling that he did not. Bruce really sings from the chest on this one, while Fallon is stuck in his head voice. Just my opinion (I can do a little better, I want to get on the stage with Bruce).
I like very much Brian Fallon but this cover is terrible. This version is too...weak, without angry, without change of rhythm. It is a monotonous cover.
Just stumbled across this again and after three years I have to admit that it's as poor as I remember. This is the sort of thing i've seen at a thousand open mic nights over the years. I think people are confusing 'emotion' with 'weak croaky singing'. There's an art to singing poorly. Tom Waits knew how to do it. This guy doesn't.
yeah, whats the point on covering it to make it sound the same. personally i don't feel that the song loses emotion, every time i've listened to this i feel tones of emotion. i feel that it is transfered from the heart wrenching pain in springsteens voice, to the subtle pleas of a soft acoustic style voice. just my opinion, you have yours.
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I come back to this every so often. Fallon is a student of music and an emotive singer. Cool how he went from performing bruce covers to duets with bruce live in hyde park or on the latest gaslight album history books.
I absolutely love this cover. While Bruce's original, amazing version has more angry, raw emotion of someone living in the event, Fallon's version is sad, like someone looking back at life's regrets. You can see it written on his face, especially after the song raps and he realizes he's not alone in the studio.
Flawless. This man and his band are going to be HUGE very soon.
this is amazing, i love how emotional he gets performing this song. what a true fan
i was in the car listening the gaslights cd and my dad was like i have never heard this bruce springsteen song.. Brian Fallon is the Greatest!
Fallon does it with heart, can´t ask for more than that.
To be honest I can't understand the negative comments, I thought this was a genius cover. I have to disagree also with all the 'no emotion' comments, he sounds like The Boss when he sings 'I'm on Fire'.
I agree with you I can't understand all the negative comments. Especially those that say he is showing no emotion. Are ya'll listening to something different than I am? Listen and watch closely and you'll hear a man singing a song that is personally important to him, a man who is singing to and for himself.
I don't understand those that think a cover is supposed to be an exact recreation of the original, you want to hear the original then listen to the original. A cover is supposed to be an artist take on the original.
Is the purpose of covering a song to make it better than the original? No, it's a homage to the original artist. It should encompass the journey of the soul of the person who is singing it, in this sense, he rocked it.
I love this man.
Frank, you couldn't have said it better... Dancing in the Dark, although poppy and synth and fuckin awesome in it's own right, is so dark lyrically.. In a wounded with open hearts type of way.. That's why bruce is king.. Keep rockin fallon
A great cover, and I've long said that if you don't love this song, you've got no soul.
Absolutely amazing! The best cover i've ever heard. Im sure Bruce himself is more than impressed.
There are very few people I would trust with this song. Brian Fallon is one of them.
legends!
him and bruce
Wow, GREAT cover! A lot of passion.
To all of you attacking this interpretation of a great Springsteen song get a grip.
This song is 40 some odd years old and when it first came out it was leaking with pure raw emotion but like a fine bourbon it has mellowed with time with the harshness and rough edges slowly smoothed over.
If you don't like that explanation try this one this is Brian Fallon covering a Bruce Springsteen song and though Fallon is perhaps the greatest talent of this day and age he is not Springsteen and it would be ridiculous for him to try to do a note by note pitch perfect copy what would be the point, why not just punch up the original?
Brian's only covering the song, and he did it beautifully. He showed he's able to put his own spin on an already incredible song. Don't compare it to the original, because nothing will live up to it.
now that is what i call a good cover! I'm curious as to where this came from as well?
Phenomenal!
It's interesting to see the different reactions to this cover. Perhaps each version reflects how different individuals would react and/or cope with a loss of a friend/lover. Springsteen's version shows the torturous wailing and almost pleading liked tone side to it, while Fallon's version offers a soft mournful reaction of grief of nostalgia.
Ten years later, the negativity is gone and we all can sing : )
FANTASTIC......MY JERSEY BOYS!!!!
@goblins2k5 .I suggest you watch the live video of "No Surrender" by Bruce Springsteen and Brian Fallon if you think Fallon can't sing challenging notes, he kills it on that one. Fallon is a great singer.
Not many artists will cover other musicians stuff like he does. Brian Fallon's awesome. I love Bruce Springsteen too. Just appreciate a musician giving it a shot or move the fuck on. Get over it and listen to something else. This ain't his best cover but he's got way more of this kind of stuff than most other established musicians.
Patrick I agree this is a great version
Brain as a great voice, he doesn't have the best voice. But he doesn't need to have the best voice because he sings with soul and heart unlike the majority of artists out today. This cover is exactly that, a cover filled with heart and soul, his voice isn't weak, it's just not Bruce.
@MrFraccobaldo Its not out of tune actually, its just tuned a full step down.
where can we hear some of your music?
Exactly, and besides Springsteen would be proud of this
great band
what chords does he use in this
What is wrong with 21 people???
Simple and honest... like rock is meant to be...
That's a very nice trumpet you're blowing ;)
I think you're giving him too much stick. This is probably my favourite Springsteen song (or Jungleland), and yes, he may not hit the high notes, but you can still he is putting a lot of passion into this performance.
Stixnstone49, your charming homophobia and wonderful vocabulary give you away as a sensitive soul and true patron of the arts. It's no wonder you love Brian Fallon so much.
listen to their new song "45". He took a new take on the song. In his acoustic versions he goes for softer and more deep emotions. On full band stuff he goes all out and looks to rock out but still keeps the amazing emotion. It's the mistakes in his voice that make him so great because he forgets the technical side of things in lue of pain and heartache and heart and soul. I'd rather have that than someone who can sing "Bel Canto".
@jjgrbic I dont see you on here covering bruce or see bruce inviting you to play with him during festivals. bruce doesnt rip apart his covers he respects brian so noone else really has the right to.
mp3 please!
I mean, it's Brian so it can't be bad. But I prefer most of his other covers
Love Bruce, love E-Street, love Brian, love Gaslight Anthem... don't really like this, though? I think it's the rhythm of his guitar...
Fallon is really young in this video u will notice he has no sink or swim tattoo on his left arm or the young lions on his fists
@patchmack2 i think alot of people like that about the way he performs.. its not the same old perfect song. People who listen can connect to it better when it sounds "amateur-ish".
bronco bass i believe
@jjgrbic Fake accent? at least take the time to research before you make accusations, this is his accent. It's all been said alredy, he's paying homage in a pesonal way, it's a fucking excellent cover, deep and heart hitting. You should really look up the gaslight anthem, cause you will really like 'em given your a Bruce fan (I am too).
@jjgrbic Can you do better? I think not. What do you expect him to do? If he did the song too drastically differently, you'd complain about him ruining the song. This is an acoustic cover, with just one man (a great man at that) playing it- you can't expect a full orchestra composition.
did you seriously just try and compare the record and this?
its a man and a guitar. did you expect the invisible band in the background to light up? because i know i did.
Just stop with all that negative comments. Everyone needs to get over that Brian isn't Bruce, and that it was a cover. If he done this song perfectly, all you would say "he's trying to hard to be bruce, he needs to make a name for himself." Here's food for all your small peanut heads. www.redbull.com/us/en/music/stories/1331626739632/the-gaslight-anthems-brian-fallon-comes-clean
This is superb. Not quite as good as Johnny Cash's "Hurt" cover, but a great cover nonetheless.
Sounds more like his own band's style, though. Why cover a song to make it sound just like the original? It's his own take, and it sounds like it could be an outtake from his own band's album. What's wrong with that?
Chords?
G Em C D...A F#m E D
The only thing I don't like about this cover is the fact, that the guitar is very drony and doesn't quite fit with the vocals until he switches it up, then it gets really good for a bit, then goes back to the same thing. Other than that its a good vocal track, well done man.
Difficult to sing,but brian make its his best
I kind of like this cover better than Springsteen's version. W00T Brian Fallon!
Ok get in line lol!
search on knowyourmeme "Navy Seal Copypasta" explains this guy
So much hostility on this thread. Just sit back and enjoy the music.
This is such an emotional song and to hear it played like this just angers me. There are some things that should never be covered.
get your ears cleaned
Yepp, you guys out there criticising this, yoou're right. This is an embarrasssment to both Springsteen and Fallon. This is under-rehearsed and ill-advised. The chords are wrong, the tuning is his own affair, he can sing it in whatever key he wants or has to, but he could at least have tried to give this some form of expression and performance.
sarcasm i got it.
I really don't like his Springsteen's covers and I swear I'm trying to like them.
Secrets out guys Bruce has been discovered to have "people" But seriously kids the guy has a point so I am going to STFU!
there's a better, recorded version
this song has got three cords and the dude misses 4.
he s got no voice. bruce is the best
yeah put your own twist on it for sure but for the better not for the worst, this is poor. You wanna see good springsteen covers check out a dude on here called "agent of the free" - he knows how to do it.
yummy
I hardly ever comment, but this is atrocious! Is this guy a professional muso? Seems like an amateur working it out in his bedroom and not paying that much attention to the vocals while he figures out the strumming / playing etc.
You should comment even less, apparently. I'm sure you'd be dumbfounded to know that Springsteen is a fan of the very person in this video and has performed with him on various occasions.
+Themistocles so what. That doesn't mean this was good!!!
It does, however, mean that he's a professional "muso" and not "an amateur working it out in his befroom and not paying that much attention to the vocals while he figures our the strumming/playing". He's a respected mus[ician] who has a distinct style that is respected by the person whom he is covering. You may not like it, and you are entitled to do so, Maurice, but that doesn't mean that this wasn't good either. Opinions are not formative of fact. Indeed, they are, by definition, subjective. And if we're going to take subjective opinions as instructive, I'm in the Bruce Springsteen camp instead of the "Maurice" and "Reizermo" camp.
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He doesn't attempt to sing any challenging notes in the song. As someone who briefly studied Bel Canto singing, I have a feeling that he did not. Bruce really sings from the chest on this one, while Fallon is stuck in his head voice. Just my opinion (I can do a little better, I want to get on the stage with Bruce).
Then why don't you upload a video of your version ?
I like very much Brian Fallon but this cover is terrible. This version is too...weak, without angry, without change of rhythm. It is a monotonous cover.
awful
This sucked.
Just stumbled across this again and after three years I have to admit that it's as poor as I remember. This is the sort of thing i've seen at a thousand open mic nights over the years. I think people are confusing 'emotion' with 'weak croaky singing'. There's an art to singing poorly. Tom Waits knew how to do it. This guy doesn't.
so out of tune...my god...he shouldn have ruined this masterpiece
stick to your day job
yeah, whats the point on covering it to make it sound the same.
personally i don't feel that the song loses emotion, every time i've listened to this i feel tones of emotion. i feel that it is transfered from the heart wrenching pain in springsteens voice, to the subtle pleas of a soft acoustic style voice. just my opinion, you have yours.